Destroy a beeminder goal

beem_destroyer.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# BEEM DESTROYER by Tadeusz Andrzej Kadłubowski

# Beem Destroyer is a script that deletes all the data points from a Beeminder goal.
# If you want to irrevocably destroy a goal, you first need to delete all the data
# that you put on it. This tool will help you with that. After using the Beem Destroyer
# you need to go to http://beeminder.com, view your goal's data tab (which should be
# empty now), and manually click "irrevocably destroy".

# EDIT THE SETTINGS BELOW

# Your Beeminder username
username = "john_doe"

# Get your personal Beeminder auth token (after signing in) from
#   https://www.beeminder.com/api/v1/auth_token.json
auth_token = "abc123abc123abc123" 

# The goal to delete
goal = "take_over_the_world"

import httplib 
import json
from datetime import date
import time

def get_goal_datapoints():
	connection = httplib.HTTPSConnection('www.beeminder.com')
	connection.request("GET", "/api/v1/users/%s/goals/%s/datapoints.json?auth_token=%s"%(username, goal, auth_token))
	return json.loads(connection.getresponse().read())
	
def delete_datapoint(datapoint):
	print date.fromtimestamp(datapoint["timestamp"])
	connection = httplib.HTTPSConnection('www.beeminder.com')
	connection.request("DELETE", "/api/v1/users/%s/goals/%s/datapoints/%s.json?auth_token=%s"%(username, goal, datapoint["id"], auth_token))
	data = json.loads(connection.getresponse().read())
	time.sleep(2)

map(delete_datapoint, get_goal_datapoints())

Motivated in part by this (seriously, thank you), we finally have an Archive button now.
So we're getting rid of the option to delete goals after removing all the datapoints.
So this is now obsolete. Phew!